Weight restriction placed on Smith Point Bridge after inspection finds 'structural deterioration'

A state inspection of the bridge to Fire Island "revealed structural deterioration," Suffolk County officials said.
IEEE

Hybrid Control and Optimal Parameters Design for Wide Input Range Series Half-Bridge Three-Level LLC Resonant Converter in AUV Power Supply System

Abstract: Power supply systems significantly impact the endurance capabilities and operational reliability of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Due to the battery-based power supply architecture ...
IEEE

The Electromagnetic and Structural Design of a 10 kA-Class Full-Wave HTS Transformer-Rectifier

Abstract: High-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets operating in persistent current mode suffer from current decay. The footprint and energy requirements of a solid-state power supply and ...
SciELO

Reliability-based calibration of main Brazilian structural design codes

In the seventies and eighties, great efforts were made to produce more rational structural design procedures and codes. As a result of these efforts, allowable stress design was replaced by limit ...
C&EN

Mussel-Inspired Universal Anti-Fogging Coating Based on Maleic Anhydride Copolymers with Customizable Structural Design for Functional Properties

The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China ...
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How a Bizarre Design Nearly Caused the Washington Bridge to Collapse

The Washington Bridge in Providence, Rhode Island became the center of a near disaster when its bizarre design nearly caused structural failure. This video uncovers how engineering mistakes put ...